atav
Contact Joe Panak at RotoFAze in Calif.
He runs a V-12 Cadillac in his 34. He makes all kinds of special ing. parts
etc. Tell him I told you to call his number is 310 325-8844
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "atrav" <atrav@copper.net>
To: "LSR list" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: DIY distributor cap
>I didn't see this come back, so pardon if you all get more than one....
>
> Wow, that's a great amount of information Ed, thanks!
> The reason I suggested Nylon is I can get blocks of it cheap/free from
> a dental school near my
> parents, but it looks like that is a bad idea all around. Delrin sounds
> great, assuming I can weasel
> some of that cheap too. I did think about casting, but I'd really like to
> make the contacts
> replaceable- plus I have a machinist that's gung ho for this project, but
> casting is still a viable
> idea
> that I'll chew on.
> What this is all for is a Lincoln flathead V12. The stock ignition is
> getting very pricey, and
> IMO the quality of the available parts is getting really poor too. I've
> seen Jaguar distributors
> modified to work, one with a bevel drive modified from a V8 bevel drive,
> and one with an adaptor
> shooting right out the front (which all took up way too much room).
> I would like to pervert a V8 set up, like this-->
>
>http://www.speedwaymotors.com/xq/aspx/dept_id.697/display_id.531/qx/Product.htm
> and make a crab style distributor cap with 12 terminals. I'll be taking a
> closer look at one of
> these soon, to see if there's room internally for a six stator setup. I
> don't want to go with a CNP
> or Electromotive type setup. It's all up in the air now, but it's getting
> really close to the
> ignition being the hold up for getting this thing running. I'm open to any
> other suggestions.
> Also, Ed Weldon, were you on the 'Homebrew Autos' list many years ago? (A
> list run by Fred
> Breitweister (sp?)). I have a bunch of saved emails from that list about
> bending and modifying
> Plexiglas/lexan, and the name Weldon rings a bell.
> -Aron-
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